Hi everyone.
I am an owner of the hard-cover of the Inner Sea World Guide, but not the PDF.
I am going to start a campaign in 4650 or so, and it will feature the geography between Kyonin & Galt, Andoran & River Kingdoms (/Razmiran). The issue is that Razmiran did not yet exist then, but was a series of River Kingdom domains.
So as I design maps, particularly maps for the web page that everyone will access for background data, I want to have a map of the region that does not have "Razmiran" and its boundaries.
I have heard that the PDF files can be edited (by what program I'm not sure) so that you can filter out layers, and that borders and titles are one layer.
So I'm thinking of buying a PDF file. But I have a few questions:
1) Is it true I can get a map of a paizo PDF edited so that borders are not present? 1b) What about city names?
2) What 3rd party editing program could achieve these results?
3) Would it be a better idea, given the goals, to buy the Inner Sea World Guide PDF, or the large-poster Golarion World Map PDF?
Thanks for any advice
Wrong thread?
Begging your pardon if I'm asking something that is advocating illegal action. I was lead to believe it is not illegal (and am still under that impression).
So as I design maps, particularly maps for the web page that everyone will access for background data, I want to have a map of the region that does not have "Razmiran" and its boundaries.
I think this is the only thing that there may be an issue for. You'd need to check out the Community Use Policy which covers what you can use Pathfinder stuff in a non-commercial sense.
IF you were just creating the maps for your gaming group and sharing them privately - then I can verify that the paizo pdfs allow you to export them from the pdf into image files that have none of the markings on them (ie no country borders, no towns, just the land and waterways).
However - if you are planning to have them on a public site, then I think you need to create your own map from the base up - even if it heavily uses the paizo art for inspiration.